Charity Challenge

Nepal Charity Challenge

In August, an ex PCS student Henry Swain will be taking part in a 12-day trek in Nepal.  He will be climbing to Mount Everest base camp to raise money for the Meningitis Research Foundation.

The Meningitis Research Foundation is a charity tackling two deadly diseases, Meningitis and Septicaemia. Both have the capacity to kill in less than 4 hours and without treatment, the death rate can be as high as 70%.

The research that MRF conducts relies on donations and any contribution will be felt for years to come. We have spoken to students about the challenge this week and we will have donation buckets outside of school on Monday and Tuesday morning next week.

If you wish to, you can make a donation through this just giving link. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/henry-swain

Here's how your money can help:

- 90p buys hope for families when a child is recovering from Meningitis

- £10 per month provides answers by testing eight teenagers for the presence of the virus

- £20 alerts 1,000 students to the importance of Meningitis vaccines

- Just £8 a month gives 100 doctors the tools to help diagnose meningitis

- £2,000 supports researchers delivering new vaccine trials

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Please watch the video from Henry to find out more.

Video Transcript

Hello students and teachers at Peacehaven Community School my name is Henry and I went to PCS from 2014 to 2019 and I'm currently studying at University in Lincoln I'm studying Sports journalism. T

his summer I'm taking on the challenge of a lifetime where I'll be climbing to the base camp on Mount Everest for the meningitis Research Foundation when I was younger my grandma almost died from meningitis, so it's a cause very close to my heart. They've made it their mission to eradicate meningitis by 2030 and they can do it with your help. Meningitis is responsible for the deaths for more deaths in children than any other disease. I've raised just under a thousand pounds so far but I'm looking to reach about £2000, so any donations would mean the world to me.

I'm paying for my own flights and accommodation whilst I'm there so everything I raise is going straight to the charity and when I've done the climb I'm going to be coming into the school and giving a couple of talks to show you the journey  and all the pictures I get and just to talk to you about life in general after PCS and it will hopefully inspire you all to say yes to something that might put you out of your comfort zone. After all I am going to be 18,000 feet up the tallest mountain in the world I'm looking forward to seeing you all at the start of next year and I hope you all have a brilliant summer.